Apwu Agreement & Postal Rate Concerns

Participants of the American Postal Employee Union throughout a March 23, 2025, march in Montgomery, Ala., honoring the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil liberties march. The union validated a new cumulative bargaining agreement on Thursday.
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APWU Ratifies Collective Bargaining Agreement

“Every participant needs to be very pleased with this massive achievement,” claimed APWU President Mark Dimondstein in a declaration. “Our power at the bargaining table was driven by the stamina of your solidarity and unity, the structure of our union.”

Advocacy for Mailing Rate Freeze

Maintain United States Posted, a nonprofit advocacy team that represents nonprofits, customers and papers, to name a few entities, in a current letter lobbied for a freeze on mailing rate rises that are slated for application the day before Steiner formally takes the helm of the postal company.

USPS Faces Criticism Over Rate Hikes

The stamp rate hike belongs to Providing for America, a long-term plan from Steiner’s predecessor, Louis DeJoy, to slow some delivery and increase particular prices to advertise the monetary sustainability of USPS. The effort, however, has yet to create savings for the firm and has been slammed by postal stakeholders and congressional members of both celebrations.

Membership of another postal union accepted their collective negotiating agreement, as the U.S. Post office deals with new management that can spruce up recent innovation efforts that have actually been heavily criticized.